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Yale University researchers have found a gene that seems to be a key contributor to the onset of depression and is a promising target for a new class of antidepressants, they report Oct. 17 in the journal Nature Medicine.“This could be a primary cause, or...

October 15, 2010Dear Members of the Yale Community:I write in response to concern over the DKE incident on Yale’s Old Campus Wednesday evening. I speak for the University in expressing my outrage that such words were shouted on this campus.That said, I...

It turns out that the diet of the undisputed king of the dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, didn’t just include other dinosaurs, but also other T. rex. Paleontologists from the United States and Canada have found bite marks on the giants’ bones that were made...

In August of 1890, American artist John La Farge (1835-1910) and his friend, the renowned historian Henry Adams (1838-1918), embarked on a journey to the islands of the South Pacific that would keep them away from home for more than a year — with stops in...

Scientists in two new research centers at West Campus — the Systems Biology Institute and the Microbial Diversity Institute — are taking different approaches to understanding the processes that govern life on earth.Here is a brief look at their work....

Sixty-three percent of Americans believe that global warming is happening, but many do not understand why, according to a national study conducted by researchers at Yale University.The survey, titled “Americans’ Knowledge of Climate Change,” found that...

The food chain — the number of organisms that feed on each other — in the world’s streams and rivers depends more upon the size of the stream and whether the waterways flood or run dry than the amount of available food resources, Yale University and...

By examining the type of rock in which dinosaur fossils were embedded, an often unappreciated part of the remains, scientists have determined that different species of North American dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous period 65 million years ago occupied...

When it comes to welding, School of Art lecturer Brent Howard is the “dominator.”That, at least, is the appraisal of judges on a recently launched television show on the DIY Network, which pitted Howard and two other welders — considered among the best in...

Maria Machado, a 2009 World Fellow at Yale, was elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela in a nationwide vote on Sept. 27.A longtime foe of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, Machado was one of two opposition candidates to win the most votes. She ran...